MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
blended learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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